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by purpleskys

i'm not tellin' on the grounds i may incriminate myself...or something like that...and unfortunately, i really rot at trying to "type" the emoticons X-( ...normally i just copy and paste 'em from an email that Darryl sent me...
:|

by shellbot

everytime someone says "rub it in"..I think of Maclean and Maclean"..You are familiar with them yes??

"give it a rub with Royalle"....

by shellbot

they crack me up..
seen em live ages ago..got a big gross sloppy kiss from one of them..the sunofawhich tried to slip me the tongue..definatly DISGUSTING...they seriously gross.

by hal 9000

Way beyond my Feeble Mind to do something as [b]Special[/b] as that. :D

I'm flat out remembering to send out a Bill of the work I did today let alone remember what they tried to teach me at Uni. :_|

Or maybe I just Blocked that [b]Bad Experience[/b] from my mind and life. :^0

{{{{{{{{ [b]HUGS[/b] }}}}}}}}

On Monday Mo[b]u[/b]rning. ;)

Col

by jck

I thought it was the week of Thanksgiving. But, I was a week ahead of myself. Oh well.

Hope you all have a good day

((((((((((((((( hugs )))))))))))))))

That's all the hug i can muster. Sorry.

by shellbot

having said that, I'm having a rather nice monday...
new tunes on my mp3 player for a change...
the sun is currently out...
had someting nice in my email this morning...
and..just bought tickets for a concert in February..dang, can't wait to go now!!!!!!
Oh plus, off to Frankfurt late next week for a couple days, so getting excited about that..
All in all a good day so far..

((((((((((happy hugs)))))))))))
and a (((((((cheery hug)))))))) for jck!!!

by nicknielsen

Was supposed to move both a customer service counter and accounting room today. Got to the store and the dept manager says she wants to clean the new permanent location before I do anything. I tell her I will need to drill holes through the countertops for various cables (displays, pinpads, etc.), she lets me do all that. We figure out where everything needs to be, I break out the drill and hole saw and go to work. When I'm done drilling, she kicks me out and starts cleaning, so I go break down the first register to move. Then, when I bring the register in, she has a fit because it's dirty and won't let me put it in until the outside is not just cleaned, but [u]detailed[/u]. She even pulls the caps off the keyboard and soaks them! Finally got the first register up four hours later, just after lunch. All the equipment finally up at 5pm. Never did move accounting–no latch/lock on the door to the new room.

A three- or four-hour job took the whole day because she insisted on cleaning everything first. Oh, well, it's her store and I get paid either way.

by shellbot

@ soaking the keyboard caps!!
priceless..

However Nick..I'm going to side with her on this one :) I wouldn't maybe go to the same lengths as she did..but the way i see it, these things never get cleaned..and never a better a time to do it when your moving it around :D

i admit I would have been cleaning like mad as well..

by shellbot

sun is shining..my coffee is just perfect..
keeping my fingers crossed it will be another good day.

(((((((((life is good hugs)))))))))))

by purpleskys

couldn't agree more Shelley...sun's just coming up, it's chilly, but hey, there's no snow on the ground yet ;) short school day...two classes - office procedures and spreadsheets...should be a decent day...(((happy day hugs)))

by nicknielsen

But she insisted on not letting me bring a piece in until she had cleaned the outside of it.

I drew the line on letting her open the equipment up and clean inside–told her that was my job and had already been done in the last three months. She wanted to use the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (http://www.mrclean.com/en_US/magic-eraser.do) on the printhead! :0

Feck that! I don't have any spare printers right now.

by hal 9000

And who wants to go to the Dentist instead of me. ;)

{{{{{{{{ [b]HUGS[/b] }}}}}}}}

Col 0:-)

by shellbot

grrrr..nope..
you have now!!

rain rain and more rain..blah...

(((((((((damp hugs)))))))))

by purpleskys

no thanks...but then again, i could do your dentist appointment if you want to go watch our IT class do a presentation on computer maintenance ;) I promised Darryl I would sit and listen...we'll see :D

by hal 9000

Where do I have to go? :^0

Only real problem is that the last class that I sat in on I ended up teaching the class. Oh and I did make the mistake of asking [i]Any Questions[/i] The class never ended or at least that's how it felt to me. :(

Col 0:-)

by jck

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( hugs )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

I'm slowly getting back to normal...I think :^0

by nicknielsen

This week, instead of the Great Circle route from Augusta to Savannah to Myrtle Beach to Columbia, I get to do the "elcriC taerG" route.

Just for a change...

Edit: I know there's HTML code (or used to be) to reverse that text, but I'm darned if I can find it. Anybody?

by rob miners

when I posted this in a SPAM post.

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by rob miners

and for the first time in three years I'm getting away for the weekend. Look out Noosa.

((((HUGS))))

by shellbot

Friday at last !!!!!!!
Been a long long week... can't wait till beer-thirty!!
Oh, after a couple days of rain, wind and floods..the sun is out!! Yay!!

((((((((((sunny hugs))))))))))

by jck

Hope it's nice for everyone else.

(((((((((((((((((((( hugs )))))))))))))))))))

by nicknielsen

Easy day so far, but because of the holiday next week, also working tomorrow. So this week, instead of having four Mondays, a Monday morning, and a Friday afternoon has five Mondays and a Monday morning [u]without[/u] Friday afternoon.

Everybody have a drink for me tomorrow. Maybe I can get drunk by osmosis.

edit: Oh, yeah. (hug)

by purpleskys

It's finally Friday...what a long week...the week ended with two tests today, one in accounting (make 99%) and the other on business letters (don't know that one yet)...it's already "beer-thirty" here ;) (((happy weekend hugs))) for all!

by michael jay

What a frantic week it has been, but next week no work, taking the whole week of American Thanksgiving off.

(((((Giving Thanks for Thanksgiving HUGS)))))

by nicknielsen

Saturday morning getting ready to go to work. :(

Don't mind the hours (they look good in the paycheck) and I'm on call this weekend, but I ain't got no open tickets what I gots all the parts for! X-(

[_]3 's hot and fresh, though, so it's not all bad. :)

by jck

It's where I can actually smile and laugh about things and be my usual, dorky self. :^0

A few days ago, I was ready to tell the job to shove it, go rent a moving truck, put all my things in it, take the keys to the house to the bank, and just go somewhere and put all my stuff into a huge storage building and just live out of there.

by hal 9000

Well unless you work at the bank that owns the house. ;)

I'm however sure that the Bank wouldn't be overly happy. :D

Col

by michael jay

a week off is nice, but it just means that any work that comes in for me will be saved for next week, so the week of the 30th should be frantic as well.

Nice to be employed for sure.

(((((Employed Hugs)))))

by nicknielsen

When I go on vacation, the only calls that get covered are the Sev 1 tickets and maybe a couple of Sev 2s. Everything else is waiting for me when I get back. :0

There's nothing like clearing the call queue your last day before vacation and coming back to 20+ tickets. X-(

by michael jay

better to have the calls left to you, rather than have them half done and find the next week or the week after that a band aid had been applied, only to leave you to fix the real problem and deal with an unhappy customer.

by nicknielsen

I've been done that way too. Takes at least three weeks to find them all and get them fixed, then apologize profusely to the customer and assure them that I won't let it happen again...like I have any control over the situation.

I've even come back from vacation to find that the tech they sent to cover my territory had broken more than he had fixed. In the week I was gone, no tickets had been closed, an additional 22 were opened, and every store he'd gone to was worse off than before he showed up. My only question was "He's still employed?"

by michael jay

she still is employed.. ect ect

Just gotta suck it up and say, It's all good.

Probably harder for you than me as I am in the corporate world and it does not show outside, you on the other hand are out front with the external customers and that has nothing to do but suck large.

by nicknielsen

was an email that read "As of close of business today, 'I. M. Useless' is no longer employed by ***redacted***."

Sometimes, karma strikes while you are watching. B-)

by gadgetgirl

Had a crappy couple of weeks battling cold germs, wrestling with having a voice (yeah, ok, shut up in the back row!) and numerous glitches with lappie, router and everything else gadgety.

However.

Today is a WUFFLY GOOD DAY.

Why?

The Old Sea Dog is 17 Human Years old today!

Yay!

(((((((((( HAPPY BIRTHDAY MURFF HUGS ))))))))))

and for the rest of you, (((((((((( hopefully germ free hugs )))))))))

Advance notice, also, for prayer mats out for Friday morning, 0930 mytime. FINALLY got an appointment with an orthopaedic consultant after three bleepin' months of waiting - - - - I may finally get some sleep in the future! :p :D

Gonna hug a Happy Murffday dog in the chair for a coupla hours.... (@)

GG

by nicknielsen

Happy Murffday (@)

Make her spoil you all day, Murff. And take good care of her too. Chase all those germs away.

Take care GG. :x

by shellbot

Give Murff a ((((((((((HUGE HUG)))))))))
for me!!!!!!!
Shhesshh..had ya told me in advance i'd have sent him a pressie :(

I'll mail ya later girl!

by shellbot

Did it work???
I drank enough for about 4 of us to get drunk..
OMG...thought i was going to die when I woke up today :(
Havene't had a hangover like that in a long time.....
(((((((quiet hugs)))))))

by nicknielsen

Apparently the only thing that "osmoted" (is that a word? It is now.) was the hangover. :0 I was wondering how I got the headache.

Thanks for letting me know. Now I know who to blame for it! :p

Feel better soon (((hugs))) :x

by shellbot

the severity of my hangover may have been becuase i was obviously coming down with a cold.
Woke up this morning with a full blown sinus cold..
Sore throat, fever..the whole works..I am so annoyed, because I am going to Frankfurt on Thursday..and if i am sick, i am not going to be a happy girl. However, nothing will keep me from going...so i am dosing myself with every possible thing i can and trying to sleep it off....

i even sound like Darth Vader for gawds sake...

(((((infectious hugs))))))

hehehee

by shellbot

misery loves company :D

I just ate an entire bag of Doritos for my supper...probably not a good idea... :(

by shellbot

i'm probably going to pay heavily for it...
but hey, already feel like death warmed over..so what the heck right...

just counting the minutes to bedtime....long time yet...

by nicknielsen

in a 42-oz (1.2 kg) bag of peanut M&Ms. Definitely not good for the stomach, but that's the way it goes sometimes...

I'm willing to pay for it tomorrow.

by purpleskys

was pizza and garlic fingers...i love 'em, but with my gall bladder issues, it wasn't the smartest thing for me to do...been paying for it since Saturday night...oh well, it was well worth it ;)

by shellbot

Thanks for walking away quietly at least :)

ah come on, like you've never done it??!!

by michael jay

done that, I have had a few lunches consisting of a PayDay candy bar and a small bag of pretzels, and have not been above cooking a pound of bacon and calling that breakfast, of course with a few coffees.

But a bag of chips for dinner, not yet.

by shellbot

breakfast...you don't even want to know what i had for that :)

well...Doritos..made form corn...technically a vegetable...so..its all good :)

by nicknielsen

including skipping them completely, but my closest episode to a bag of doritos was a box of Triscuit and a pound of cream cheese.

Lately, I've been having my usual bowl of oatmeal with raisins for breakfast, but lunch has been whatever wherever. Yesterday I had stopped to recycle some coffee, looked at the menu for the diner, sat down, and ordered two scrambled, hash browns, biscuit, onion sausage, coffee, and large OJ. And all that for under $10 before tip.

If I'm doing a lot of driving, lunch is usually a bottle of water with some flavor of powdered drink, a snack-size (1.5 oz) box of raisins, a handful of Triscuit, and a banana. That's probably better for me than what I describe above, but it can get old fast, more because I'm always eating it on the run than anything else.

by nicknielsen

Yes, I have finally broken down and joined Facebook. From what I can see, it won't be too bad now that I've turned off all notifications. :^0

Serene Sunday evening (((hugs))) B-)

by santeewelding

Just ain't gonna do it.

Young and upcoming as I am -- making a name for myself, constantly concerned of how I am seen -- I just know I would blow it.

And, then, there is the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the WCTU -- who knows what they would make of it.

by Tammy.Cavadias

Hey Everyone!

This thread has really grown over the last few months, and it is starting to become a tad difficult to completely load.

Could we possibly start a Friday Hug part 2?

Thanks!

-Tammy [_]3

by jamesrl

Cause the one I met in Lousiville didn't seem to be a candidate for membership in the Womens' Christian Temperance Union.

James

by nicknielsen

Sure, we can do that, I think.

To whomever makes post 1500? You get to start part 2. Put the link to it in post 1501. :D

by michael jay

and get Tammy faster internet access.

Yes I believe she has a point but it should be up to Shell to start Part 2, it comes from the heart and our ever faithful driver at the first Gathering. Thanks Mike, I think of you often.

By the hands on my watch only 189 days to go to the next Gathering.

by shellbot

Oh allright..if we have to :D

Thanks for saying I should be the one to do it guys.

I slept the entire day away yesterday..and am planning to do pretty much the same today..

by shellbot

Hmmm..gotta start planning that soon...need time to book things ect...
Should we start harassing Soni....

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